Android tablets like the Google Nexus 7 and Amazon Kindle Fire are eating into the iPad’s dominance of the market, as total tablet sales double. 308.7 million smart phones, tablets, and laptops were sold in the first three months of the year, according to new figures from Canalys. Tablet sales are the fastest-growing part of …
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The rumored Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom may be a reality after all. A Bluetooth special interest group document lists a new Samsung product with the model number SM-C101, which Unwired believes is the Galaxy S4 Zoom, a variant of the company’s flagship phone that’s supposed to be smaller and comes with a 16-megapixel optical zoom lens. Related stories Best Samsung …
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How fast do you want your 4G? How about CAT4 fast? The new Huawei Ascend P2 is a quad-core Android smart phone with Jelly Bean and the fastest 4G in the land, and it’s arriving in June. The P2’s 4G is Category 4 LTE, the cutting-edge version of 4G that promises up to 150Mbps download speeds. Huawei claims it’ll be …
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Amazon is cooking up a slew of new hardware treats to follow the Kindle, according to new rumours — including a high-end smart phone with a holographic 3D display. The rumoured mobile will have a 3D display that doesn’t require glasses to use, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing ‘people familiar with the company’s plans’. That kooky-sounding display will apparently …
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It was barely two weeks ago that Lego Batman: DC Super Heroes made a wonderful iOS debut, and suddenly there’s another Lego-themed game in the App Store: Lego Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles. Woot! The bad news: This isn’t a port of any of the classic Lego Star Wars games that have appeared on consoles over the years. Instead, it’s …
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The follow-up to the Nexus 7 tablet may get a slew of upgrades but still keep its $199 price tag. That’s the opinion of KGI Securities analyst Mingchi Kuo, who believes that Google may unveil the upgraded tablet at its Google I/O conference next week. Related stories LG once out-iPhoned the iPhone. Now it’s exiting the phone business completely Don’t …
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Nokia has finally confirmed the new Nokia Lumia 928. The worst-kept secret in the world of technology, the 928 is a flagship Windows Phone with souped-up PureView camera technology. The 928 will debut on US network Verizon, but Nokia has yet to confirm release dates and prices for the UK. The new phone is a 4.5-inch phone with Microsoft Windows …
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Related stories: Share files between your Android device and a Mac with Droid NAS How to install and set up AirDroid 2 beta for Android The complete guide to using Android with a Mac There was a time when the only way you could share files between your Android device and a Windows computer was by using a USB cable. …
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Google has some new additions to show off for its Wallet service. A physical card, however, won’t be one of them. The company is expected to update its rewards, offers, and loyalty points program to include a wider number of merchants at Google I/O next week. Google had also planned to introduce a physical credit card linked to Google Wallet, …
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Samsung’s Galaxy S4 will come under fire from the BBC’s Watchdog programme, as the consumer rights show examines the 5-inch smart phone’s spurious storage claims. Since its launch at the end of April, the Galaxy S4 has been criticised for having less storage space than advertised. The 16GB model has roughly 8GB of usable storage, with Samsung’s own-brand software hogging …
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Facebook Home, the downloadable chunk of software that smothers your Android phone’s homescreen in Facebook features, is now available on the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4. Owners of the year’s two biggest smart phones (so far, anyway) can now install the Facebook skin, which has received, um, mixed reviews since it launched last month. The HTC One and Samsung Galaxy …
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Nokia is taking to the skies with the latest teaser for the new Nokia Lumia Windows Phone flagship — and if you want to pilot the latest Lumia too, Vodafone has confirmed it will land in Britain. And another day, another new Nokia video, although the Finnish phone-flinger is still yet to confirm the name of this mysterious ‘new Nokia’. …
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Screenshot by Sharon Vaknin/CNET Immediately, you’ll be taken through what’s basically a hearing test. High- and low-pitched beeps will play, and you’ll confirm whether or not you hear them. It’s a judgment of your hearing, but also of your headphones. (So, don’t get upset if you don’t always hear the beep.) When you’re finished, two graphs will appear, one for …
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Well, this is interesting. AT&T launched a brand-new prepaid network on Thursday that goes head-to-head with T-Mobile’s new no-contract model. Called Aio Wireless (pronounced AY-oh), the new wireless service provider leans on AT&T’s network and offers a range of prepaid devices, including Apple’s iPhone 5, which costs 649.99 full retail. Related stories: All about T-Mobile’s no-contract plans AT&T’s 4G LTE …
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Sony returned to the black for the first time in five years, thanks largely to one-time gains from the sale of assets rather than its core consumer electronics products. The Japanese electronics giant on Thursday reported a net profit of $458 million in the 2012 financial year ending March 31 compared with a loss of $5.7 billion the year earlier …
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